'Ceremonious' definitions:
Definition of 'ceremonious'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display [syn: pompous, ceremonious]
adjective
Rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt" [syn: ceremonious, conventional]
Definition of 'Ceremonious'
From: GCIDE
- Ceremonious \Cer`e*mo"ni*ous\, a. [Cf. F. c['e]r['e]monieux, L. Caerimoniosus.]
- 1. Consisting of outward forms and rites; ceremonial.
- Note: [In this sense ceremonial is now preferred.] [1913 Webster]
- The ceremonious part of His worship. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. According to prescribed or customary rules and forms; devoted to forms and ceremonies; formally respectful; punctilious. "Ceremonious phrases." --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Too ceremonious and traditional. --Shak.
- Syn: Formal; precise; exact. See Formal. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ceremonious'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- attentive,
- baptismal,
- cap in hand,
- careful,
- ceremonial,
- chivalric,
- chivalrous,
- civil,
- conventional,
- correct,
- courteous,
- courtly,
- decorous,
- deferential,
- dignified,
- dutiful,
- eucharistic,
- formal,
- formular,
- formulary,
- gallant,
- grandiose,
- hieratic,
- High-Church,
- honorific,
- imposing,
- impressive,
- knightly,
- liturgic,
- liturgistic,
- majestic,
- moving,
- old-fashioned,
- old-world,
- paschal,
- polite,
- pompous,
- proper,
- punctilious,
- regardful,
- respectful,
- ritual,
- ritualistic,
- sacerdotal,
- sacramental,
- sacramentarian,
- seemly,
- solemn,
- starchy,
- stately,
- stiff,
- striking,
- stuffy,
- well-mannered
Words containing 'Ceremonious'
- Ceremonial,
- Ceremonialism,
- Ceremonially,
- Ceremonialness,
- Ceremonies,
- Ceremoniously,
- Ceremoniousness,
- Ceremony,
- Ceremonial law,
- Master of ceremonies,
- Not to stand on ceremony,
- ceremonial dance,
- ceremonial occasion,
- civil ceremony,
- commencement ceremony,
- groundbreaking ceremony,
- marriage ceremony,
- military ceremony,
- religious ceremony,
- tea ceremony,
- wedding ceremony